4:12 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Scotland left-arm spinner Con de Lange has died aged 38. The spin-bowling allrounder, who also played for Northamptonshire, had been diagnosed with a brain tumour last year and had undergone various forms of medical treatment – including an operation, radiation and chemotherapy – in an effort to battle the illness.
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2:44 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff India captain Virat Kohli agrees that Vijay Shankar offers balance to the Indian batting order, but has not committed to the Tamil Nadu allrounder batting at No. 4. On Monday, after announcing India’s World Cup squad, MSK Prasad, the chairman of selectors, said that Vijay was identified as the No.
3:00 AM ET Toss: Mumbai Indians opt to bat v Delhi Capitals Ben Cutting celebrates Chris Gayle’s dismissal BCCI Mumbai Indians won the toss and chose to bat against Delhi Capitals at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium. Illness to middle-order batsman Ishan Kishan has forced a change for Mumbai – offspin-bowling allrounder Jayant Yadav coming into
5:38 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Patrick Rousseau, the former president of Cricket West Indies, died on Tuesday in Jamaica. Rousseau, who hailed from Jamaica, was aged 85 and succumbed to a long illness. An attorney-at-law by profession, Rousseau was at the helm of Caribbean cricket between 1996 and 2001. He was seen as one of
3:00 AM ET Hampshire 310 for 9 (Northeast 105*, Vince 56, Rossouw 55, Milnes 5-79) Kent 220 (Crawley 49) by 90 runs There were some players hanging on the announcement of England’s preliminary World Cup squad, but Sam Northeast wasn’t one of them. England ambitions partly explained his move from Kent to Hampshire. But a
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Durham 342 for 5 (Bancroft 151*, Richardson 102, Steel 68) beat Northamptonshire 270 (Holder 86, Wakely 66, Potts 4-62) by 72 runs Cameron Bancroft scored his first century for Durham to kick-start their Royal London One-Day Cup campaign with a 72-run win over Northamptonshire at Emirates Riverside. The Aussie
3:35 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Shubman Gill is not getting opportunities to bat higher in the Kolkata Knight Riders line-up because the top and middle-order positions have been firmed up in favour of more experienced hands, their captain Dinesh Karthik explained. Karthik said that Gill did open once this season when their regular opener Chris
3:00 AM ET Andrew Fidel Fernando Rajasthan Royals won the toss and chose to bat against Kings XI Punjab in Mohali. Royals won their most recent match, against, Mumbai Indians, and are desperately trying to bring their season to life, having suffered five losses from their first six games. Kings XI, meanwhile, are looking to
1:43 PM ET Sunrisers Hyderabad coach Tom Moody has attributed their up-and-down season to losing key moments in matches they had otherwise dominated. Sunrisers have six points from seven matches and are currently looking to snap a three-match losing streak. One of Sunrisers’ handicaps, the unavailability of captain Kane WIlliamson in five of their matches
2:49 AM ET Bangladesh have named pace bowler Abu Jayed as part of their 15 for the World Cup. Jayed, who is yet to debut in ODIs, had impressed with his swing bowling during the Tests in New Zealand last month. Middle-order batsman Mosaddek Hossain, who last played for Bangladesh in the Asia Cup in